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    Jules's  Blurb:  "Special Fried Rice"  Special Fried Rice is exactly that! Special in every way!  It's such a special fried rice recipe that we pushed the boat out and dressed it up in a Pineapple boat.  Joking apart that's the way we serve it and seeing as the recipe uses fresh Pineapple it's a nice way to serve it for your guests.

    You're going to learn how to make Khwanjais own Special Fried rice with Pineapple, at home we just call it pineapple fried rice to avoid confusion because she does some other special fried rice recipes also.         

    If you take a look at another of our Thai special fried rice recipes try our Egg Fried Rice Recipe which is not just egg fried rice, it's more like the special fried rice you get in a Chinese take-away.

    In Khwanjai's Thai Cooking Classes she shares lots of tips for creating mouth watering dishes to please all the family and this video tutorial is no different, packed with great tips and advice to improve your results, sign up now for Khwanjai's Thai Cooking Classes  and your Trial Thai Banquet Course

    The full recipe for Special Fried Rice is below and members should click the video camera at the bottom for the full video tutorial to accompany the recipe and lots of extra tricks and tips from Khwanjai.  Here are some more or our Thai Fried Rice Recipes all with video tutorials

Special Fried Rice

Enough for 2-3 large portions

First Slice Pineapple and scoop out the insides, see video tutorial for tips on easy way to do this

Dice up about 3 Tbs of the Pineapple and save for making the special fried rice

Chop and dice all the vegetables and ham finely as per special fried rice ingredients photo above

Measure out all other ingredients as above

Cooking:

Starting with a hot wok add 2-3 Tbs oil closely followed by the chopped garlic, stir fry until turning golden

Add the ham and stir fry briefly before adding the two eggs to half the wok, lightly scramble before mixing with the Ham and Garlic

Next comes the pre cooked rice (Jasmine preferred) and mix all together for a short while

Now add salt, sugar and chicken stock and stir again followed by seasoning sauce continue stirring and add oyster sauce, continue stirring until mixed fairly evenly

Now add bell peppers, garden peas, sweet corn and pineapple and stir again until thoroughly mixed

Lastly add half the cashew nuts, stir once or twice and......

Done!

You just made Special Fried Rice

Serving:

Serving this dish is a simple affair, made to look lavish by the use of the hollowed out Pineapple for serving.  Simply spoon the Special Fried Rice into the shell and serve up on the table as per the photo above for a lovely centrepiece your guests will admire, you could also add a couple of jasmine flowers of an orchid for a final flourish.

This dish can be quite happily eaten on it's own and will also accompany virtually any other dish; Thai or otherwise.  It can also be made spicy "on the plate" by the addition of a very special ingredient and it's not what you might think, our Silver members get to find out plus many more of Khwanjais top tips and suggestions for this recipe

Visit our ThaiFood-TV public video where Jules and Khwanjai have an argument and discuss this recipe further

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    Members click the camera to watch the full video, the recipe and photo's only give you about 5% of the information available in the video.  In fact the only thing the video can't show you is the smell & taste, but hey?  We try!!